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Capita plc, the UK-based outsourcing company that provides business support services to both government and private-sector clients, has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to the tune of £14 million for failings in its data protection systems following a cyber-attack in 2023. According to the ICO, the breach - first identified in March 2023 - resulted in the theft of personal data relating to more than 6 million individuals. The compromised information i

Philips, the global medical-devices manufacturer, has been issued a formal warning letter by the US regulator after inspections identified serious manufacturing quality issues at three of its facilities. The facilities - located in Bothell (Washington), Reedsville (Pennsylvania) and Eindhoven (Netherlands) - were found to have failed to meet required standards under current good manufacturing practices (cGMP). According to the letter from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (

Film & Foil Solutions Ltd, a manufacturer specialising in flexible film for the food-industry sector, has been fined £20,000 after a worker lost part of his right index finger in a machinery accident at the company’s site on Haydock Industrial Estate in St Helens. The incident occurred on 4 December 2023 when the employee was trying to stop material from becoming tangled in a converting and folding machine. In doing so, his hand came into contact with a rotating shaft that wa